Since Saudi Arabia's foundation, its leaders have tried to keep a friendly regime in power in Yemen to prevent it from posing a threat. However, Mohamad Bazzi says this time the stakes are higher

The incumbent Saudi king is in hospital with pneumonia and his assumed successor is 79 and suffers from dementia. The country is at a crossroads, writes Mohamad Bazzi

GEORGE W Bush, with his usual knack for unconscious irony, last week described an ‘Islamo-fascist’ conspiracy to destroy freedom, democracy and ‘our way of life’.

SHOCKED and angered at an apparent suicide bombing against Muslim families during the holy month of Ramadan, ordinary Saudis said the bombing would destroy any lingering support for Muslim militants.

SAUDI ARABIAN princes paid Osama bin Laden and the Taliban $200 million to spare targets in the oil-rich Gulf state, according to court papers.